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Burt Reynolds has done what they said can't be done: His 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, like the one from "Smokey and the Bandit," sold for $450,000 over the weekend in Las Vegas. That's well above the $80,000 it was predicted to fetch and, adjusted for inflation, 60% more than the prize Cledus and Bandit were gunning for as reward for running 400 cases of Coors east of the Mississippi to Texarkana. (That was $72,500 in 1977 dollars, in the form of a Kenworth big rig. Seriously, stream the movie already. Great car chase. Catchy tunes.) That's not a shabby take for a ride that, according to Autoblog, wasn't even in the film. Reynolds' black muscle car...

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Burt Reynolds has done what they said can't be done: His 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, like the one from "Smokey and the Bandit," sold for $450,000 over the weekend in Las Vegas.
That's well above the $80,000 it was predicted to fetch and, adjusted...

Burt Reynolds is selling hundreds of pieces of memorabilia from his personal collection, including some fans' Holy Grail: his 1977 Pontiac Trans Am Coupe from the movie "Smokey and the Bandit."
By Tuesday afternoon, the high bid was already...

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She was...

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Bill McKinneyCharacter actor was in 'Deliverance'
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Charles Durning, a Tony Award-winning actor whose prolific work in films and television included supporting roles in the classic comedy "Tootsie" and the TV sitcom "Evening Shade," died Monday. He was 89.
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